Plastic Waste in Australia 

 

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7.

 

Other 

Response options were presented in random order. 

•

 

Recyclable  

•

 

Non-recyclable 

•

 

Don’t know / Not sure

 

Who should be responsible for reducing plastic packaging waste? 

 

Total

 

Male

 

Female

 

18-29

 

30-39

 

40-49

 

50-59

 

60+

 

Businesses that 
produce/use plastic 
packaging

 

81%

 

77%

 

84%

 

72%

 

79%

 

82%

 

82%

 

86%

 

Individual consumers

 

74%

 

71%

 

77%

 

67%

 

75%

 

79%

 

74%

 

76%

 

Governments

 

63%

 

60%

 

67%

 

71%

 

66%

 

66%

 

60%

 

56%

 

Don’t know / Not sure

 

2%

 

2%

 

3%

 

1%

 

4%

 

4%

 

2%

 

1%

 

 

 

Total

 

NSW

 

VIC

 

QLD

 

WA

 

Businesses that produce/use plastic packaging

 

81%

 

79%

 

81%

 

81%

 

77%

 

Individual consumers

 

74%

 

78%

 

72%

 

73%

 

71%

 

Governments

 

63%

 

61%

 

65%

 

66%

 

56%

 

Don’t know / Not sure

 

2%

 

4%

 

2%

 

1%

 

2%

 

 

 

Total

 

Labor

 

Coalition

 

Greens

 

PHON

 

Other

 

Businesses that produce/use plastic 
packaging

 

81%

 

78%

 

81%

 

85%

 

75%

 

87%

 

Individual consumers

 

74%

 

74%

 

75%

 

76%

 

76%

 

71%

 

Governments

 

63%

 

67%

 

53%

 

86%

 

40%

 

63%

 

Don’t know / Not sure

 

2%

 

2%

 

3%

 

1%

 

0%

 

4%